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If there were any doubt, Don Cherry will be in the house for the return of the NHL to Winnipeg.

The colourful host of CBC-TV’s Coach’s Corner Monday confirmed he’ll be at Portage and Hargrave, Oct. 9, when the Jets host the Montreal Canadiens.

“There was no way I couldn’t be,” Cherry said. “I’m lookin’ forward to it.”

Hockey Night in Canada is planning a special Sunday edition for the game.

Cherry, who’ll make the trip despite doing games Thursday and Saturday, says he already has a jacket picked out and a shtick planned for the big day, including a tribute to the Queen, in memory of the portrait that used to hang in the old Winnipeg Arena.

“I’m bringin’ my own picture,” he said. “Not that size, but she’ll be there in Coach’s Corner.

“I’ve even got the jacket. I’m ready to go. Usually I keep all my new stuff for the Finals. But I’m going to make an exception.”

Cherry hopes fans in the new building can replicate the noise they created in the old one.

He guesses there won’t be a shortage of emotion.

“I think there are going to be a lot of tears. There were a lot of tears the day it was there (last). It’ll be happy days.

“And everybody better be in white, because they were the ones that started it.”

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Twenty-six of the top NHL rookie prospects will be in Toronto on Tuesday, and the Winnipeg Jets will be represented by Carl Klingberg.

The 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase will allow Upper Deck and Panini America to take photographs of the players in their official uniforms, according to the press release.

However, the Jets told the Sun on Monday that Klingberg won’t be wearing an official Winnipeg jersey because they hadn’t supplied the NHLPA with any type of jersey.

Klingberg spent most of last season in the Swedish Elite League and had five goals and three assists in 49 games for two teams. He finished the season with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves and had one goal in eight games.

The crop of 26 prospects includes many players who were drafted in June, but Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele is not taking part.

KIND GESTURE: Jets forward Tanner Glass gave back to his home town over the weekend, donating hockey equipment to the Saskatchewan town of Southey.

Glass purchased 25 full sets of equipment, worth more than $12,000, for the Southey Minor Hockey Association.

Glass was born in Southey, which is 60 km north of Regina, and his parents are from the town as well.

“When I was just learning to play my grandpa was the rink man,” Glass told The Leader-Post.

“He was making the ice, he was the one opening up the canteen for every tournament on the weekend. Every time I was around the rink my grandpa was here.

“When I had the opportunity to make this donation I kinda thought of him and I wanted to do it in his memory to pay my respects to him. That’s kind of how this came about.”